The British Essayists: The AdventurerLittle, Brown, 1866 - English essays |
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... Happiness and Infelicity .................. .. 139. The Design of the critical Papers in The Adven- turer .. WARTON . 140. Account of the General Plan , and Conclusion of the Work . ... HAWKES . H THE ADVENTURER . No. 92. SATURDAY ...
... Happiness and Infelicity .................. .. 139. The Design of the critical Papers in The Adven- turer .. WARTON . 140. Account of the General Plan , and Conclusion of the Work . ... HAWKES . H THE ADVENTURER . No. 92. SATURDAY ...
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... happier he should be in these happy regions , with Lycoris at his side . Hic gelidi fontes , hic mollia prata , Lycori : Hic nemus , hic ipso tecum consumerer ævo . Nunc insanus amor duri me Martis in armis ; Tela inter media atque ...
... happier he should be in these happy regions , with Lycoris at his side . Hic gelidi fontes , hic mollia prata , Lycori : Hic nemus , hic ipso tecum consumerer ævo . Nunc insanus amor duri me Martis in armis ; Tela inter media atque ...
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... happiness to himself , first in one scheme and then in another ; and at last finds that nothing will satisfy . Jam neque Hamadryades rursum , nec carmina nobis Ipsa placent : ipsa rursum concedite sylva . Non illum nostri possunt mutare ...
... happiness to himself , first in one scheme and then in another ; and at last finds that nothing will satisfy . Jam neque Hamadryades rursum , nec carmina nobis Ipsa placent : ipsa rursum concedite sylva . Non illum nostri possunt mutare ...
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... happiness in his little farm , combines almost all the images of rural pleas- ure ; and he , therefore , that can read it with indiffer- ence , has no sense of pastoral poetry : - Fortunate senex ! ergo tua rura manebunt , Et tibi magna ...
... happiness in his little farm , combines almost all the images of rural pleas- ure ; and he , therefore , that can read it with indiffer- ence , has no sense of pastoral poetry : - Fortunate senex ! ergo tua rura manebunt , Et tibi magna ...
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... happiness . " The most numerous class of those who presume to hope for miraculous advantages , is that of game- sters . But by gamesters , I do not mean the gentle- men who stake an estate against the cunning of those who have none ...
... happiness . " The most numerous class of those who presume to hope for miraculous advantages , is that of game- sters . But by gamesters , I do not mean the gentle- men who stake an estate against the cunning of those who have none ...
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